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Definition of Pedigrees
1. pedigree [n] - See also: pedigree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedigrees
Literary usage of Pedigrees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"But when Juvenal said or implied that pedigrees went for nothing, he was thinking
of pedigrees which really were pedigrees. His doctrine was that it did not ..."
2. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"pedigrees of all that ever were Barons of this Kingdom. Her. ... pedigrees of
the Barons of England in the reigns of Henry III., Edward I., and Edward II. ..."
3. The Genealogist's Guide by George William Marshall (1893)
"Glamorganshire pedigrees, edited by Sir T. Phillipps, 22. ... Burke's Royal
Descents and pedigrees of Founders' Kin, folding table, and 121. ..."
4. A History of the Arabs in the Sudan and Some Account of the People who by Harold Alfred Macmichael (1922)
"AB Ditto. By Ahmad ibn Isma'il el Azhari .... ABC pedigrees of GA'ALI^N, ...
pedigrees C 2 Pedigree of Idris Muhammad, ..."
5. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1880)
"It could hardly have been otherwise than that, with the disappearance of the old
Highland pedigrees, every presumption and analogy would have driven these ..."
6. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The pedigrees of horses, dogs, and fancy pigeons have a value that is ... Far more
important, for the student of human affairs, are the pedigrees of men. ..."
7. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The pedigrees of horses, dogs, and fancy pigeons have a value that is ... Far more
important, for the student of human affairs, are the pedigrees of men. ..."
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